Pregnant woman GIVES BIRTH while buried under rubble in Syria: Newborn baby is rescued…but the mother ‘tragically loses her life’ following devastating earthquake
- A harrowing video showed the moments the new-born baby girl was saved
- It is believed the mother died after giving birth as well as the rest of the family
This is the harrowing moment a newborn baby was rescued from the remains of a collapsed building in Syria – moments after the girl was born under the rubble.
Footage shows the miracle baby, just minutes old, being carried to safety in the arms of a rescuer in Jenderes, in a northeast Syrian region devastated by yesterday’s 7.8-magnitude earthquake.
But while the little girl survived the ordeal, her mother is thought to have tragically died after giving birth.
According to local media, the pregnant mother – displaced from Syria’s Deir Ezzor – region – went into labour during the quake which has so far killed more than 5,000 across Turkey and Syria.
Video captures the moment one of a number of rescuers ran from the devastated building, carrying the tiny infant to safety across a mass of twisted metal, broken concrete and barbed wire.
This is the harrowing moment a newborn baby was rescued from the remains of a collapsed building in Syria – moments after the girl was born under the rubble
Footage shows the miracle baby, just minutes old, being carried to safety in the arms of a rescuer in Jenderes, in a northeast Syrian region devastated by yesterday’s 7.8-magnitude earthquake
Another man sprints after him with a dusty green blanket which he then throws to the baby’s rescuer to keep the newborn alive and warm.
A crowd watched on as they witnessed both a miracle and a tragedy unfolding infront of them.
While the baby is now being looked, the rest of her family is understood to have perished in the earthquake.
More than 700 people in opposition-controlled Syria and 538 in government-held areas of Syria have died, reports Sky.
Video captures the moment one of a number of rescuers ran from the devastated building, carrying the tiny infant to safety across a mass of twisted metal, broken concrete and barbed wire
The baby is thought it be alive and healthy after the men scrambled to rescue the newborn from under concrete, glass and barbed wire